Legal Opinion
Curtis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 15, 2002No. S01G1868, S02G1091PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Although these cases are not directly related, we consider them together because in each case the Court of Appeals held that an issue regarding whether certain convictions should be merged with others was waived by failure to object in the trial court. Curtis v. State, Case No. A01A1272, decided August 24, 2001 (not to be officially reported); Jackson v. State, 254 Ga. App. 562 (562 SE2d 847) (2002). We granted certiorari in both cases to consider the same question:
Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that a criminal defendant must raise in the trial court the issue of…
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